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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

The Christian Alternative That Keeps Facebook From Censoring Your Message - STEVEN ANDREW/CHRISTIAN NEWSWIRE

USA.Life social network is "the answer to Facebook censorship of Christians" and it "doesn't collect and sell your personal information."
USA.Life social network is "the answer to Facebook censorship of Christians" and it "doesn't collect and sell your personal information." (RawPixel/Pixabay)

The Christian Alternative That Keeps Facebook From Censoring Your Message

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Is there a Christian alternative to Facebook? USA.Life social network is "the answer to Facebook censorship of Christians" and it "doesn't collect and sell your personal information," said Steven Andrew. He is the founder and a respected, Christian and technology leader.

Andrew started USA.Life to "fix the social media bias against Christians and Christian news stations."

With USA.Life, people and churches "share photos, updates, the gospel, news, videos and messages" and "connect with those who are important to them," Andrew said. 

USA.Life is working to be "the premiere social network" of the nation and hopes to "replace Facebook and Twitter in popularity," he said.

Andrew gives details of the Christian Facebook alternative, a video overview and answers questions on a crowdfunding page he started to fund the project. "USA.Lifebegan in 2017 and can launch as soon as this summer, if we get the required funding now," he said.

He hears many positive comments. "Christians choose USA.Life, because of our pro-America algorithm," so they are not "censored by the anti-God algorithm of Facebook and Twitter," he said. 

This Christian alternative to Facebook community is "growing quickly," because "people feel betrayed by other social media." Andrew understands, because he had over 70 million people blocked by Facebook. Those signing up now "get preferred usernames," he said. A person does not need to be in the country to join, which "helps families, friends and churches feel comfortable switching to USA.Life."

Andrew "loves America." What makes him unique is "he passionately believes, like our Founding Fathers, that God gives us liberty." He has extensive experience, including for Cisco, Stanford, Sega and Better Homes and Gardens, having led strategy or large-scale initiatives.

Some wonder, are Facebook and Twitter really against Christians? "Yes, because they restrict Christians sharing the truth and block God's Word and love," he said. Facebook and Twitter "often promote sin, communist censorship and other ways against the gospel."

To unite the nation, "USA.Life advances American values, including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," he said.

"Sharing the gospel freely could be lost forever without USA.Life. However, we can have a Christian internet if people, churches and businesses chip in $10, $100 or $1,000 toward the crowdfunding today. If people want to speak freely about Christianity, it is at USA.Life," Andrew said.

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Reinhard Bonnke's Farewell Crusade Could Be One of the Biggest Meetings in the History of Christendom - SAM RODRIGUEZ CHRISTIAN NEWSWIRE, CHARISMA NEWS


Reinhard Bonnke
Reinhard Bonnke (Christ For All Nations)
Reinhard Bonnke's Farewell Crusade Could Be One of the Biggest Meetings in the History of Christendom
Nov. 9, 2017 SAM RODRIGUEZ  CHRISTIAN NEWSWIRE, CHARISMA NEWS
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The much-anticipated Reinhard Bonnke Farewell Gospel Crusade started yesterday in the city of Lagos, Nigeria. This historic crusade could easily be one of the biggest Christian meetings in the history of Christendom and also one of the greatest, if not the greatest, evangelistic harvest of all times. Thousands of local churches and hundreds of thousands of Christians have been mobilized for the event.
Peter Vandenberg, CfaN's vice president, observes, "It's the first day, and the vast field is filling with people as they stream in from around the great city of Lagos. Tens of thousands of volunteer workers are already in place, and the huge choir of over 20,000 voices is ready to sing. The place is filled with a feeling of great expectation as multitudes gather to receive." Cities never sleep, but Lagos, Africa's largest city and economic hotbed, is shutting down for a time of refreshing, healing and hope with Evangelists Reinhard Bonnke and Daniel Kolenda.
Bonnke's latest book, Holy Spirit: Are You Flammable or Fireproof?, is a key feature of this crusade. The book is officially released today, the 8th of November, which is also the first day of the crusade, and evangelist Bonnke is dedicating it to be a tool for evangelism around the globe, and 300,000 copies are being sown to further the message of the gospel. They will be given away to evangelists and leaders attending the impartation services in Lagos, Nigeria. Bonnke notes "With every revelation I received about the Holy Spirit and His work, my life and ministry were transformed, and it made me more effective and productive."
Indeed, Lagos is the place to be for the next five days. However, viewers around the world can also tune in to experience this historic life-changing event. CFAN.org/LAGOS will be streaming the event live to millions of homes around the world. As well, the Christian media giants TBN and DAYSTAR will be broadcasting the event over the next few weeks.
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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Ray Comfort Condemns the 'Horrible Mistake' Fascinating Teens Across the Country - JEN THOMPSON CHRISTIAN NEWSWIRE

Ray Comfort, whose movies have been seen by millions, said, "I forced myself to watch the scene, and even though I know it's only acting, with special effects, I found it horrific. It brought me to tears."
Ray Comfort, whose movies have been seen by millions, said, "I forced myself to watch the scene, and even though I know it's only acting, with special effects, I found it horrific. It brought me to tears." (Jeff Montgomery/Flickr/CC)

Ray Comfort Condemns the 'Horrible Mistake' Fascinating Teens Across the Country

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The wildly popular Netflix program called 13 Reasons Why has started a massive controversy. It not only details why the main character took her own life, garnering sympathy, but it shows her committing suicide. She doesn't jump off a bridge, leaving what happened to her to the imagination. Rather, she sits in a bathtub fully clothed, takes a razor blade and slits her wrists.
Ray Comfort, whose movies have been seen by millions, said, "I forced myself to watch the scene, and even though I know it's only acting, with special effects, I found it horrific. It brought me to tears."
The controversy is over whether this scene will deter young people from committing suicide or will stir up copycat suicides because the character seen taking her life is a celebrity in their eyes.
Comfort added, "I believe it was a horrible mistake. This is because I greatly value my life, and the thought [of suicide] ... sends me into a shudder of horror. I had a similar feeling as I interviewed a suicidal girl for our new movie, EXIT: The Appeal of Suicide. She said that she wanted to end her life and explained to me that very few are able to kill themselves by overdosing with pills because of complications. She then described why other means of suicide were very difficult. We left that part of the interview out of the film for fear of giving ideas to vulnerable people."
Comfort then explained that when he asked her if it was scary to be continually contemplating suicide, she said, "You get used to it."
"And there is my concern with the death scene in 13 Reasons Why. It seems that the series producers didn't take into account the thousands of young people known as 'cutters.' These people regularly cut their skin and draw blood, and in doing so repeatedly, they get used to it. It loses its intuitive horror. Studies show that 40 percent of cutters have thought of suicide. In essence, many cutters may be actually rehearsing their own deaths. Someone slitting their wrists is not as horrific to them as it would be to you and me. Couple that mentality with a celebrity hero who slits her wrists, and you have potential copycats."
The parents of two teenage girls in San Francisco, who committed suicide in separate incidents, are blaming their deaths on 13 Reasons Why. Both girls had viewed the series two days before they took their lives.
Newsweek said, "Decades of research prove that a startling range of emotions and behaviors can be contagious—from moodiness to yawning. Young people are especially susceptible; they obsess over fads and fashion trends and copy illicit behaviors from peers, such as smoking, drinking or speeding. Or suicide." 
The award-winning producer also said, "Although EXIT includes clips of two suicide jumpers leaping from the Golden Gate Bridge, we have left their hitting the icy waters of the San Francisco Bay to the imagination. There are big differences between the two films. The people shown in EXIT are not actors; nor are they celebrities. And most importantly, the film offers the solution to the tragic problem of suicide. It doesn't leave viewers hopeless in the face of the horror of death, as 13 Reasons Why doesEXIT gives people a reason to live and explains that we all have great worth because we are made in the image of God." 
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Definitive Proof Donald Trump Will Keep His Word - TROY NEWMAN/CHRISTIAN NEWSWIRE

"We expect that Trump will continue to act quickly to keep all his pro-life promises." (Flickr/CC)

Definitive Proof Donald Trump Will Keep His Word

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order reinstating the Reagan-era Mexico City Policy, which effectively defunds International Planned Parenthood and stops American tax dollars from funding organizations that conduct or promote abortions internationally.
This reverses former Pres. Barack Obama's unpopular 2008 executive order that rescinded the Mexico City Policy and opened the doors for tax-funding of abortions overseas.
"This is a welcome first step on Trump's first full business day in office. It shows us that he is serious about keeping the promises he made to protect innocent lives from abortion," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. "Today's executive action shows Trump is placing a high priority on protecting the pre-born."
Other pledges Trump made during the 2016 presidential campaign included:
  • Nominate a pro-life conservative to the U.S. Supreme Court.
     
  • Appoint strong pro-life judges to the Federal Courts.
     
  • Defund Planned Parenthood.
     
  • Pass the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act banning abortions at 20 weeks and later.
     
  • Repeal and replace Obamacare and the abortion mandate that forces the insured to pay for abortions and abortifacient drugs.
Steps have already been taken to fulfill some of these promises.
The Trump administration has signed an executive order "minimizing the economic burden" of Obamacare until it can be repealed and replaced. This essentially halts enforcement of financial penalties for those who, as a matter of conscience, refuse to purchase health insurance that pays for abortions.
Trump has also telegraphed that his nomination for the Supreme Court is imminent.
"Today's reinstatement of the Mexico City Policy is encouraging," said Newman. "It is refreshing to see action instead of the lip service we have gotten from establishment politicians. We expect that Trump will continue to act quickly to keep all his pro-life promises." 
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Monday, August 15, 2016

Jonathan Cahn Reveals 365 End-Times Insights - MICHAEL CONRAD/CHRISTIAN NEWSWIRE CHARISMA NEWS

Jonathan Cahn
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Jonathan Cahn Reveals 365 End-Times Insights

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Jonathan Cahn—New York Times best-selling author of the international sensation The Harbinger—is back, this time mixing potent Bible passages and end-times insight in The Book of Mysteries, debuting September 6, 2016.  
"Readers step into an unusual journey of divine revelation," Cahn said. "From the deep truths of God's Word emerge important spiritual insights and end-times mysteries."  
From FrontLine publishers, The Book of Mysteries follows a traveler's one-year journey with a man known only as "the teacher." Each day the teacher opens the reader's and the traveler's eyes to a profound mystery from God's Word.  
Masterful storyteller Cahn locks in readers' imaginations even as he opens biblical insight from more than thirty years of preaching and teaching. Given its 365 entries, The Book of Mysteries also may be read as a daily devotional.  
Cahn is senior pastor and Messianic rabbi of the Jerusalem Center/Beth Israel in Wayne, New Jersey, and founder and president of Hope of the World ministries. Raised in a Jewish family, he became an atheist as a young man. Following a miraculous escape from a catastrophic car/train collision, however, he converted to Christianity.  
Cahn gained national attention in 2012 with The Harbinger, a parallel of the United States following the 2001 terrorist attacks and Israel's history. The Harbinger debuted on the New York Times best-seller list and stayed there for 100-plus weeks.  
"The prophetic writings of Jonathan Cahn have reverberated through the halls of our public square to the pulpit," said Tessie DeVore, publisher of Charisma House book group. "We fully believe in his message and its ability to stir national dialogue. Cahn's revelations have already become a catalyst and rallying cry for America to return to God, and much more is to come."
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Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Ray Comfort Dismantles Atheism With 1 Scientific Question - CHRISTIAN NEWSWIRE CHARISMA NEWS

Filmmaker Ray Comfort has released his latest project, The Atheist Delusion.
Filmmaker Ray Comfort has released his latest project, The Atheist Delusion. (YouTube)

Ray Comfort Dismantles Atheism With 1 Scientific Question

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Filmmaker Ray Comfort, whose movies have been seen by millions, claims to destroy atheism with one scientific question, which he reveals in a new movie called "The Atheist Delusion."
Comfort, cohost of the award-winning television program "The Way of the Master," said regarding atheists' assertions that there is no God, "Having to point out the existence of the Creator is like having to point out the sun at noon on a clear day. Despite this, a popular skeptic adage is 'Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence,' and thanks to modern science we have that extraordinary evidence. Outspoken atheists such as Bill Maher and Richard Dawkins say that they would believe in God if there was scientific evidence. This movie calls their bluff."
After reviewing the film, author and CNN consultant Matt Barber said, "Somehow you managed in less than an hour to make the case, beyond any reasonable doubt, for the Creator God ... This is your masterpiece."
Filmmaker Alex Kendrick (Fireproof and War Room) called it "Powerful!" and said, "It will confirm that there is a God."
Ryan Gatti, State Senator for Louisiana, said, "Wow! No one can deny the Creator after seeing this!" 
Comfort explained that he made the movie after taking a camera to Southern California universities and asking atheists a scientific question that he'd never asked atheists before. "To my astonishment, those who were open to reason changed their minds about the existence of God in minutes," Comfort claims. "You can see the light come on in their eyes. We also were able to interview outspoken atheist Professor Lawrence Krauss, the well-known theoretical physicist, and show the scientific flaw in his arguments against the existence of God."
According to the movie's promotional material, "'The Atheist Delusion' pulls back the curtain and reveals what is going on in the mind of those who deny the obvious. Follow a number of atheists as they go where the evidence leads and display an honesty that is rarely seen on film." Comfort said, "The movie reveals what every atheist prays he will never find."
A pre-release digital download of the movie was just released and is available now at AtheistMovie.com
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Thursday, November 19, 2015

Where Are All the Christian Refugees From Syria? - JEFF WALTON/CHRISTIAN NEWSWIRE CHARISMA NEWS

Refugees cross through Iraq.

Refugees cross through Iraq. (Reuters)

Where Are All the Christian Refugees From Syria?



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Christians and other religious minorities in Syria have been targeted for death, sexual slavery, displacement, cultural eradication and forced conversion by ISIS.
Many of these persecuted Christians hope to escape to the United States. They have been largely excluded, with the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration admitting to officials at The Barnabas Fund, a Christian relief agency, "There is no way that Christians will be supported because of their religious affiliation."
According to data from the State Department's Refugee Processing Center for Fiscal Year 2015, resettled Syrian refugees were 97 percent Muslim. The Hudson Institute's Nina Shea, in a November 2 article in National Review, showed that in the past five years 53 out of 2,003 Syrian refugees accepted by the United States have been Christians (about 2.5 percent of the total). But about 10 percent of Syrians are Christians.
IRD Religious Liberty Director Faith McDonnell commented:
"The U.S. government's response has been woefully inadequate—neither helping these minorities defend themselves and stay, nor providing them asylum to leave.
"Christians cannot go to U.N.-run refugee camps because there they face the same persecution and terror from which they fled. If they are not in the refugee camps, they are not included in the application process for asylum. The State Department knows this, but continues to allow the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees to select refugees for asylum with no regard to the endangered religious minorities.
"The blame is not just with the U.N. and the administration. U.S. organizations who resettle refuges are also to blame. This includes Christian groups that resist any focus on Christian victims of ISIS, and oppose actions by Congress to welcome not just economic migrants but also Christians and other religious minorities victimized by ISIS.
"Other religious minorities—such as Jews, Yazidis, Mandaeans, Shia Shabaks and Turkmen—are also being targeted, and largely left out of refugee resettlement. Shea notes that only one Yazidi was resettled in the U.S. in the past five years of Syria's civil war, even though thousands of Yazidi girls are taken as sex slaves by ISIS."
McDonnell's full article can be found on The Stream.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Intercessors Go to War as Church of Lucifer Readies to Open on Halloween - CHARISMA NEWS

The Church of Lucifer prepares to open its doors.

The Church of Lucifer prepares to open its doors. (YouTube)


Intercessors Go to War as Church of Lucifer Readies to Open on Halloween




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Concerned families from the city of Spring, Texas, are saying: "Proud Lucifer next to the Christmas Crib—NO thanks!"
The cause of their alarm is the Greater Church of Lucifer opening in their town on Friday, Oct. 30.
This public devil worship in the heart of quaint Old Town Spring is sparking healthy reaction. Prayer vigils and peaceful protests are in the works by locals and by the national Catholic group TFP-America Needs Fatima on several days from now until Halloween.
TFP-America Needs Fatima is also launching an online petition against the opening of the "church" of Lucifer and in support of locals who abhor the growth of Satanism in their town.
"I'm inviting my friends from Houston, Dallas and Tyler to join with locals in a peaceful and prayerful opposition to this satanic denial that we are—and have always been—a country defined as 'One Nation Under God,'" said Thomas Drake, TFP Louisiana president.
"I cannot imagine parents bringing their children for Christmas shopping in Old Town Spring," Drake continued. "It would be an awful shock for children to see a 'church' to Lucifer amid their joys over Christ coming to the world."
More and more families are lining up with the angels against Satan.

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